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It looked like Matt Reynolds would be their utility infielder when the KC Royals signed him last year, but he’s gone and the club has a good internal choice.
The KC Royals, a team in search of solutions since losing their championship core following the 2017 season, revamped their lineup in the smoldering aftermath of 2019’s second consecutive 100-plus loss campaign. The retool wasn’t designed to make the Royals instant winners, but instead to accomplish a slight midcourse correction on their return path to relevancy.
Prominent among its winter moves, which included the highly successful signings of Trevor Rosenthal and Greg Holland, was the club’s acquisition of third baseman Maikel Franco, a transaction inspired at least in part to ease the team’s discomfort with Hunter Dozier’s glove.